Morning Surprise

This morning at 6am we had a powerful storm go through.  You would think that since it is January that it would have been a snowstorm - no it was a Severe Thunderstorm.  Reese and I both woke up and turned on the news to see if we were under a tornado warning.  The wind was gusting at around 60mph.   Reese heard a loud noise and went to check it out.  A tree branch had fallen on our patio.  We are very lucky it fell on the patio and not on our roof.  The branch fell from very high up in the tree.   Here are a few pictures.  Looks like we get to borrow a chain saw to get it cleaned up.  Feeling very fortunate this morning that all we have are some branches to take care of and not a hole in the roof!

Singing

Sage has been singing alot these days.  Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, ABC's, and Row Row Row Your Boat are her current favorites.  Yesterday afternoon she learned Ring Around the Rosie playing with her piano.  She was having so much fun.  I love to listen to her sing - she is so precious when she learns a new song.   She wants to sing it all the time!

Lazy Day

We had a very lazy day yesterday - we all stayed in our pajamas until late afternoon.  It was great having a relaxing day!  Reese and I both still have a cough and Sage just finished her anitbiotics.   She is finally healthy so we are going to venture to the gym this week.  I have been hesitant to take her there since she has been better.  But we stopped by the gym today and Sage played in the indoor play area and we visited her favorite worker in the childcare area.  We are going back to the gym tomorrow - wish us luck.  Sage needs luck that she does well in the childcare area and I need luck since it has been a long time since I have worked out! 

 

Big Girl Bed

Saturday afternoon Reese mentioned to Sage that we would one day take off the side of her crib and make it into a big girl bed.  Well we did it right then and there!   I wasn't quite prepared for it and got all teary eyed.  Our girl is growing up so quickly!  Sage wasn't to sure about the changes to her crib.  She was very interested as the side came off and the new rail went on.  She kept climbing in her bed and would lay down with a big smile on her face!   We told her she climbs in bed and Mommy & Daddy get her out of bed.  The first night she got out of bed 4 times before she fell asleep.  We put a gate at her door, she would open her door lean over the gate and yell Hello!   Once she fell alseep she was in bed until 6am!  I told her it wasn't time to get up and sang her a few songs and put her back in.  She slept until 7:30am.  Then on Sunday she went right down for her nap without any problems.  The last few days have gone pretty much the same way.  We are off to a good start on our big girl bed! 

 I tried to get a picture of her in the bed, but she was so excited she wouldn't sit still - I think she likes it!

Outside in January!!!

What do you do when it is 45 degrees and sunny in January - you go play outside!   Sage is finally almost over her cold so we went outside both Monday and Tuesday this week.  She was loving being outside and didn't want to get out of the swing.  It is not the best picture.  As soon as I took this first shot the camera battery died.   Even though she isn't smiling she had lots of fun outside.

Toaster & Pancakes

Sage was making a bunch of toast tonight with her new toaster.  She loves her kitchen!   We have decided to keep her kitchen upstairs since she has been having so much fun with it.   We spend lots of time each day playing with the kitchen.  We also spent some time in the real kitchen tonight making pancakes.  Sage kept asking for pancakes during dinner.  I told her if she ate her dinner she could have a pancake.  Well she finished her grilled cheese and fruit bar and wanted a pancake.   We were out of pancakes so we whipped up a double batch to freeze.  She ate that pancake so quick!!   I think she is in the middle of a BIG growth spurt!

Pipe cleaners

Who knew how much fun you could have with pipe cleaners and a colander?  I saw this idea on a friends Facebook page and had to try it with Sage.  She loved it!

Our little princess

Sage is slowly starting to feel better.  She is done with the fever, and she seems to have her energy back.  She still has a really bad cough that prompted an 8:30am trip to the doctor this morning.  The doctor gave her some medicine in hopes of kicking this cough.  At least Sage feels good enough to dig through her princess trunk and find her favorites!

Long Day

This is what we did today:
- Stayed in our pajamas all day
-  Relaxed and cuddled on the couch
-  Tried to get Sage's fever under 102 (that was an all day job alternating between Ibuprofen and Tylenol)
- Took naps!  We were up from 4am-6am so a nap was necessary for both of us.  
-  Enjoyed the extra cuddles from from my girl
-  Watched lots of Mickey, Little Einsteins and Word World  

This was Sage today - sitting on the couch, water nearby, red cheeks and Mickey on TV.